About 5 years ago, LaKisha Tawanda David traced her family's ancestry back to Ghana through genetic testing. For her, a Black ...

You may have heard about HPV testing and self-swabbing to collect the sample. Does that work as well? Here are the ins and outs of this newer option.

Fort Worth Police Chief Eddie Garcia is interviewed about how he plans to tackle the city’s cold cases in his new role. Garcia said with new DNA technology, he is optimistic more cold cases will be ...

Daigle’s research showed that 87% of his 331 students had French ancestry, 81% had Indigenous ancestry and 70% specifically ...

Melissa Joan Hart discusses how family and her Christian faith have factored into her career choices in an exclusive ...

The tool gained prominence in criminal investigations in 2018, when police used it to identify the Golden State Killer, who ...

Generations of Black families felt the consequences of these labels. Entire lineages were legally reclassified, erasing Indigenous, European, and multiracial roots. The One-Drop Rule didn’t just say ...

A Colorado woman turned to social media asking for help with proving that an unclaimed veteran buried in Washington is her ...

John Leeke and his daughter, Ananda, discovered their family's roots in the African Methodist Episcopal church, which likely helped their ancestors escape slavery, upending their Catholic faith and ...

With her posts and pleas on TikTok, Molly Bish's sister Jennifer hopes she will generate new tips that will finally solve her ...

The day Russell was found facedown, floating in the Skagit River outside Mount Vernon, he wore only a pair of dark blue cutoff jeans and a red bandana tied around his waist. He wasn’t dressed for the ...

Advances in our understanding of DNA have brought about many changes. One of them is just how easy it is now to obtain a DNA ...